How to Install and Uninstall iputils-tracepath Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "iputils-tracepath" package

Please follow the steps below to install iputils-tracepath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iputils-tracepath
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iputils-tracepath" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iputils-tracepath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iputils-tracepath
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iputils-tracepath package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iputils-tracepath
Priority: standard
Section: net
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20121221-5ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 2.10)
Suggests: traceroute
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-tracepath_20121221-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 32762
MD5sum: aeac3788630f117dc3bacd6716e72941
SHA1: 3d79dacb5ead57ecfd01613291e685e7a88c6fa8
SHA256: 4d9324d47b0d856353f280f0a22a9c184a9e43e1082928aee73924a3327b0203
Description-en: Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
The tracepath utility is similar to the traceroute utility, but also
attempts to discover the MTU of the path.
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This package also includes tracepath6 and traceroute6 utilities, which
may be used on IPv6 networks.
Description-md5: 78111c7284c2d6a95b25d6b8054e11b0
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard